Pilgrim badge (ampulla) from Reading Abbey

Date added to Library: November 9, 2023

Keyword/s: HAND OF ST JAMES, PILGRIM BADGES, READING ABBEY, ROUTES-ST JAMES'S WAY, SAINTS

Ref Type: Offprint

Author
Bristol City Council (Portable Antiquities Scheme)
Year
2020
Publisher
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Published in
Bristol
Accession No
07916  
pp
5
location
PAM 1404
Comment

The ampulla shows, on one side, St James together with the relic enshrined at Reading, the Hand of St James. The other side shows St Philip (referring to another Reading relic, the skull of St Philip.)